Mayor de Blasio and Trottenberg on Friday will rally with advocates for the de Blasio administration’s Vision Zero street safety agenda at City Hall to get Albany to loosen restrictions on speed cameras and allow them in more school zones.

Mayor de Blasio and Trottenberg on Friday will rally with advocates for the de Blasio administration’s Vision Zero street safety agenda at City Hall to get Albany to loosen restrictions on speed cameras and allow them in more school zones.

“Lives hang in the balance,” said Caroline Samponaro, deputy director of Transportation Alternatives, a traffic safety and cycling group. “Speed cameras are like vaccines. They’re a proven way to stop speeding. Would we withhold a vaccine from some parts of the population if we knew it could prevent disease or illness? No.”

There is legislation pending in Albany to expand the use of speed cameras, which send drivers $50 tickets for going 10 mph over the limit.

Overall, the DOT found that speeding dropped 63% near school zones with speed cameras, with 14% fewer injuries, from 2014 to 2016.

With data in hand, DOT officials said that speed cameras — limited by law to 140 school zones, when class is in session — need to be expanded to 750 school areas and on high-speed streets nearby.

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The average number of speeding tickets issued from cameras dropped to 33 violations, down from 104 tickets a day in the first month of the program.

Flatbush in particular saw the biggest drop in speed camera tickets, declining to 75 a day from 506 when they were first installed.

Drivers on Flatbush Ave. near Public School 207 in Marine Park, say they’re taking care to ease their foot off the gas around schools.

“Every time I approach a light, I'm kinda like, let me not speed because I know I'll get caught with the cameras,” said Jonathan Jackson, 27. “So that's already in the back of my mind. So I'm sure that's in the back of minds of a lot of people.”

Bruce Herman, 68, who walks and drives in the area, was glad to see traffic rule breakers get tickets.

“If it's economically feasible, it should be everywhere. Of course, people should be really attentive to the rules,” Herman said. “Fewer accidents means fewer people hurt.”